Sekala Niskala
The Seen and Unseen | Sichtbar und unsichtbar

Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih, Ayu Laksmi
Sekala Niskala | Sichtbar und unsichtbar by Kamila Andini
IDN/NLD/AUS/QAT 2017, Generation
© Treewater Productions / Sofyan Syamsul

Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih
Sekala Niskala | Sichtbar und unsichtbar by Kamila Andini
IDN/NLD/AUS/QAT 2017, Generation
© Treewater Productions / Sofyan Syamsul

Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih
Sekala Niskala | Sichtbar und unsichtbar by Kamila Andini
IDN/NLD/AUS/QAT 2017, Generation
© Treewater Productions / Sofyan Syamsul
Tantra and Tantri are inseparable. When they secretly steal eggs from the family’s sacrificial offering, Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks. One day, however, the yolk is missing, as is Tantra. Her brother gravely ill and in hospital, Tantri starts slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint and dance. When at one point Tantri’s mother washes the paint from her face, it is as if tenderly to expel the illusion that things can remain as they are. In long dream sequences and against the background of the Balinese philosophy of sekala – the seen – and niskala – the unseen – Andini relates how one ten-year-old girl deals with parting and grief.
With
- Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih (Tantri)
- Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena (Tantra)
- Ayu Laksmi (Mother)
- I Ketut Rina (Father)
- Happy Salma (Nurse Ida)
- Gusti Ayu Raka (Gandma)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Kamila Andini |
Cinematography | Anggi Frisca |
Editing | Dinda Amanda, Dwi Agus |
Music | Yasuhiro Morinaga |
Sound Design | Yasuhiro Morinaga |
Sound | Trisno |
Production Design | Vida Sylvia |
Costumes | Retno Ratih Damayanti |
Make-Up | Eba Sheba |
Assistant Director | Pritagita Arianegara |
Executive Producers | Garin Nugroho, Trisno, Anggi Frisca, Vida Sylvia, Retno Ratih Damayanti, Eba Sheba, Yasuhiro Morinaga |
Producers | Kamila Andini, Gita Fara |
Co-Producer | Ifa Isfansyah |
Co-Production |
Fourcolours Films Jakarta Hubert Bals Fund Rotterdam APSA Children Film Fund Brisbane Doha Film Institute Doha |
World Sales
Produced by
Treewater Productions

Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih, Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena
The two actors at the Zoo Palast.
Sekala Niskala · Generation · Feb 18, 2018

Kamila Andini
The director at the premiere.
Sekala Niskala · Generation · Feb 18, 2018

Ida Ayu Wayan Arya Satyani, Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena, Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih
In the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Sekala Niskala · Generation · Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film · Feb 24, 2018

Film team
In the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Sekala Niskala · Generation · Feb 24, 2018
Kamila Andini

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1986, she studied sociology and media arts at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Her films focus on sociocultural topics, gender equality and environmental issues. Her directing debut The Mirror Never Lies, about the lives of Indonesian sea nomads, screened in the 2012 Berlinale Generation. Her second feature film The Seen and Unseen won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury in 2018 while her third, the teen drama Yuni, won the Platform Prize at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
Filmography
2011 Laut bercermin (The Mirror Never Lies) 2017 Sekala Niskala (The Seen and Unseen) 2021 Yuni 2022 Nana (Before, Now & Then)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022